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Western Australia
Acts Amendment (Western Australia Day)
Bill 2008
CONTENTS
Preamble 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
1. Short title 3
2. Commencement 3
Part 2 -- Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972
amended
3. Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 amended in
this Part 4
4. Second Schedule amended 4
Part 3 -- Minimum Conditions of Employment
Act 1993 amended
5. Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993
amended in this Part 5
6. Schedule 1 amended 5
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by the Hon. C. J. Barnett, MLA)
Acts Amendment (Western Australia Day)
Bill 2008
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 and the
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Preamble
Whereas:
A. The 1st of June in 1829 was the day when the first
European settlers, under the command of Captain James
5 Stirling RN, Lieutenant Governor, arrived from Britain
to settle the Swan River Colony; and
B. Foundation Day, held on the first Monday of June each
year, is an important celebration of this event for
Western Australians; and
10 C. Foundation Day acknowledges our indigenous people as
the original inhabitants of the land and unites all who
have made Western Australia their home,
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Acts Amendment (Western Australia Day) Bill 2008
Preamble
it is, 180 years later, now appropriate that Foundation Day be
known as Western Australia Day.
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Acts Amendment (Western Australia Day) Bill 2008
Preliminary matters Part 1
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary matters
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Acts Amendment (Western
Australia Day) Act 2008.
5 2. Commencement
The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on 1 June
2009.
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Part 2 Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 amended
s. 3
Part 2 -- Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 amended
3. Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 amended in this Part
The amendment in this Part is to the Public and Bank Holidays
Act 1972*.
5 [* Reprint as at 4 January 2002.]
For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation
Information Tables for 2006, Table 1, p. 374 & 375.]
4. Second Schedule amended
The Second Schedule is amended by deleting " Foundation Day
10 " and inserting instead --
" Western Australia Day ".
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Acts Amendment (Western Australia Day) Bill 2008
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 amended Part 3
s. 5
Part 3 -- Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993
amended
5. Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 amended in
this Part
5 The amendment in this Part is to the Minimum Conditions of
Employment Act 1993* .
[* Reprint 3 as at 5 May 2006.]
For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation
Information Tables for 2006, Table 1, p. 303.]
10 6. Schedule 1 amended
Schedule 1 is amended by deleting " Foundation Day " and
inserting instead --
" Western Australia Day ".
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